Job Description

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.

Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.

About the department

Join our HR function as an HR Regulation Senior Manager. Support the Senior Managers and Certification Regime and MRT (Material Risk Taker) identification at abrdn. Report to the Global Head of Reward.

About the role

Key responsibilities will include:

• Oversight over MRT identification and Senior Managers & Certified Regime (SMCR) activities, including the strategic agenda, regulatory deliverables, and BAU activity.

• Building and nurturing relationships with Risk & Conduct, Board, Co Sec, HR, and other collaborators – keeping them informed about SMCR and MRT identification.

• Co-ordinating regular HR Regulation Sponsor Meeting for Chief People Officer and Chief Risk Officer.

• Oversight of Fitness & Propriety Panel agenda and outputs, and Conduct Advisory Group as required.

• Supporting the Remuneration Consequence Management/Significant Events framework.

• Managing relationships with entity CEOs and plc CEO on SMCR requirements – including regular entity CEO SMCR meetings and ad hoc engagement.

• Preparing Board and Committee updates on Senior Manager activities/developments.

• Developing and maintaining Senior Manager governance/policy framework and continuous improvement activities, including the SMR Reasonable Steps Framework.

• Co-ordinating Senior Manager applications, including induction/development plans and preparation for regulatory interviews.

About the candidate requirements

• Significant experience in managing regulatory compliance, particularly in relation to the Senior Managers and Certification Regime and Material Risk Taker identification.

• Experience managing teams of subject matter experts, handling the strategic agenda, regulatory results, and BAU activities.

• Outstanding stakeholder management, particularly with senior stakeholders.

• Ability to operate at pace and prioritise effectively.

• Problem-solving approach, comfortable generating new insights.

• Demonstrable focus on change and agile approach to adapt to evolving circumstances and demands.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At abrdn we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.  We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance.  We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.